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HANSARDEconomic GrowthI would be delighted to go back to Wrexham and visit the university with my hon. Friend. Welsh universities will benefit from record levels of investment in research and…06 Nov 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthThis Government continue to provide significant tax relief for farmers. For example, farming parents are able to pass up to £3 million to their children free of tax. They then pay…06 Nov 2024HANSARDHealthcare CollaborationCutting waiting lists is a top priority for both this Government and the Welsh Government. Last week’s spending review provided the Welsh Government with the largest real-terms…06 Nov 2024HANSARDHealthcare CollaborationBoth Governments are working collaboratively to make the NHS fit for the future. We provided a £1.75 billion boost for the Welsh Government to spend on public services such as the…06 Nov 2024HANSARDHealthcare CollaborationI know that the Health and Social Care Secretary wants to ensure that the national health service across all of our four nations is fit for the future.06 Nov 2024HANSARDHealthcare CollaborationWe are not threatening GP surgeries. If the right hon. Lady does not think that the £1.7 billion additional funding to spend on the NHS in Wales as a result of the Budget is a…06 Nov 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryThe two funds that have been announced are specifically for people in businesses and in the supply chain, because we know that they have already been affected by the uncertainty…11 Sept 2024HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsI am delighted that seven Welsh tidal, solar and offshore wind projects were successful in securing contracts in the Government’s main scheme for supporting low-carbon electricity…11 Sept 2024HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsThis is my first oral questions session as Welsh Secretary, so I congratulate and welcome all Members elected to represent Welsh constituencies, particularly the 84% of those…11 Sept 2024HANSARDCross-border Train ServicesI agree with my hon. Friend that the Cambrian line provides an important connection to and from Aberystwyth University, and it plays a key role in supporting cross-border…11 Sept 2024HANSARDCross-border Train ServicesLast week, I met the Transport Secretary to discuss rail infrastructure and steps to improve cross-border connectivity. I also joined the Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary, Ken…11 Sept 2024HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsWe believe that the new innovative partnership between Great British Energy and the Crown Estate will leverage up to £60 billion of private investment into the UK’s drive for…11 Sept 2024HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsI welcome my hon. Friend to his seat. I had the privilege of visiting the port of Milford Haven energy cluster in Pembrokeshire with him and the Deputy Prime Minister in August. I…11 Sept 2024HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsI welcome the hon. Lady to her place. Our manifesto commitment to delivering new nuclear in places such as Wylfa still stands—we will do that. The Government have now completed…11 Sept 2024HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. My colleague the Secretary of State for Business and Trade said immediately after the election that we do not intend to make any…11 Sept 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryUnder my chairmanship, the transition board has moved from discussion to delivery. Last month, I announced £13.5 million for supply chain, skills and employability funds. I also…11 Sept 2024HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsI congratulate my hon. Friend on winning her seat. The Government have a clear mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower by investing in home-grown energy to grow the…11 Sept 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryThe Government absolutely understand the importance of Llanwern as a key manufacturing facility for steel products. We have worked with Tata Steel UK to ensure that Llanwern is…11 Sept 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryI do not recognise that characterisation of the deal on which the Business Secretary will make a statement later. He will make that statement to the House—I do not want to…11 Sept 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryI refer the hon. Gentleman to my previous answer. We had the transition board in place for nearly 10 months under the last Government and not a single penny went out the door to…11 Sept 2024